The Spartans, also, endured pain with the greatest firmness; a virtue
much required by Parasites, in order to put up with the indignities
which they had to endure from the guests, who daubed their faces, broke
pots about their heads, and boxed their ears.]
[Footnote 4: _With face as exposed_)--Ver. 480. People, with any
sense of decency, would resort to these places either in masks, or with
a hood thrown over the face.]
[Footnote 5: _In court_)--Ver. 481. "In tribu." He alludes to the
trials which took place before the Roman people in the "Comitia
Tributa," or "assemblies of the tribes," where the Tribunes and Aediles
acted as the accusers. The offences for which persons were summoned
before the tribes, were, bad conduct of a magistrate in performance of
his duties, neglect of duty, mismanagement of a war, embezzlement of the
public money, breaches of the peace, usury, adultery, and some other
crimes. The "Comitia Tributa" were used as courts of appeal, when a
person protested against a fine imposed by a magistrate.]
[Footnote 6: _At one farthing_)--Ver. 482. Literally, "at a
teruncius," which was a small coin among the Romans, containing three
"unciae," "twelfth parts" or one quarter of the "as," which we generally
take as equivalent to a penny.]
[Footnote 7: _Grinned with their teeth_)--Ver. 491. That is, by
showing their teeth and grinning. This is not unlike the expression used
in the Psalms (according to the translation in our Liturgy)--Ps.
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